Winter Birds Card

Hi all.  I've been planning ahead for all the cards I need to send out for Christmas, and I've been on a roll.  Today's card is a fun fold that's easy as pie (make mine pumpkin please!).  You can make three of these from one 12" x 12" piece of designer paper, so that's what I did.  Hope you love this idea!

Isn't this a wonderful card with a sweet country feel that's just right for Christmas?  Your first step to making these cards is deciding which piece of dsp that you're going to use.  For my cards, I chose one of the pretty prints from the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper that you can find in the Mini Catalog.  I love the mix of stripes and the birds coordinating on the card to make it special.

On the 12" x 12" piece with the prints positioned properly, score at 2 3/4" and 6 5/8".  Then turn the paper 1/4 turn and cut at 4" and 8" to get 3 sections that measure 4" x 12".  This will be the main part of your card.

I used a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Garden Green cardstock for the card base.   This is attached to the folded dsp.  I used "green glue", but you could use the adhesive of your choice.  

The tag on the card front is from the Nested Essentials Die set.  I liked that it slightly overlapped both sides of the turned back flap.  The sentiment is from the Perched in a Tree stamp set.  This was in the Online Exclusive section if you don't have it yet.  The bird is die-cut from another print of the Nests of Winter DSP pack.  I just love how easily you can die-cut a whole stack of these birds and another set of birds too with the coordinating die set.

The ribbon is the Wild Wheat Rustic Striped Ribbon.  This has such a nice golden tone to it.  In the catalog I thought it looked stiff, but it's a nice ribbon that's very pliable which makes it easy to use.  It's attached to the point of the label with a Mini Glue Dot.

For the inside of my card, I cut two different sizes of Basic White cardstock for the sentiments.  The one on the left is 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" square.  The right one is 3 1/2" x 3 3/4".  Both of these sentiments are ones I've owned for a good while.  I was looking for something with a religious tone to the sentiment and had a hard time finding what would work.  They are both stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  Then they're attached with adhesive.

After giving it much thought, I'm leaving these cards bare.  That's right, no bling!  Oh my, what is this world coming to?   Do you think that some bling is needed here?  If so, what would you use?

Thought I'd share the picture of all three cards together.  Since there's almost no stamping and no coloring at all, these cards can be made in a minimum of time.  But they still look special.  Maybe you'll add this idea to your Christmas card stash this year.  If you don't have this particular DSP, try something else that works.  Let me know what you made!

Happy stamping and creating,

Sharon